Death with Dignity
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Incursions of Christian nationalism at the federal and state level are increasing, and we are fighting back. We report a quick legal victory removing a Ten Commandments monument from an Illinois county courthouse. Then, we remember the lives of two precious freethinkers who died this month: long-time FFRF member Dick Hewetson, an Episcopal priest turned gay/atheist activist, who died at age 95; and satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer ("Vatican Rag"), who died at age 97.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:19.0 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:21.6 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:27.6 | No hell below us, above us only sky |
| 0:41.3 | imagine all the people |
| 0:47.3 | living for today |
| 0:53.3 | welcome to Free Thought Radio Living for today. |
| 0:58.4 | Welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:00.3 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. |
| 1:02.0 | And I'm Dan Barker. |
| 1:07.5 | Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. |
| 1:15.4 | This is the July 31st, 2025 episode of Free Thought Radio, recording in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall. Free Thought Hall is the national headquarters |
| 1:21.7 | of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:26.7 | And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 1:33.3 | emphasis on that from, because there is no true religious freedom without the freedom to dissent from religion, |
| 1:40.3 | and you cannot dissent from religion when religion is in your government. |
| 1:45.1 | So the Freedom from Religion Foundation works diligently to uphold the constitutional principle |
| 1:50.5 | of separation between state and church, and we also, with over 42,000 members nationwide, |
| 1:57.9 | represent the largest free thought association. |
| 2:03.6 | Our members are largely independent of religion themselves, free from religion. And we'd love to have you join us if you're not |
| 2:08.2 | already a member at ffrf.org. |
| 2:12.4 | And speaking of free thought later in today's show, we're going to remember the lives |
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